1- Before preparing the dough, please do preheat your oven to 425 degrees then use a parchment paper to line the baking sheet or you can replace it by a non-stick baking mat.
2- Take a large bowl to mix the dry ingredients you have which are: the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
3- Make sure that you mixed the ingredients in the first instruction then use your hand or a wooden spoon to create a well in the middle of your bowl. And there you will have to add egg, buttermilk, shortening, 2 teaspoons of cold water in the well you created, then start stirring and mixing until the ingredients are well combined and the dough is well moistened but don’t over mix so that the dough won’t become hard.
4- Add your cubes of butter and start kneading it into the dough, using your hands. Try to do that on medium-low speed because you shouldn’t completely incorporate all the chunks of the butter in the dough this will help the biscuits be flaky and fluffy.
5- Put the dough onto a non-stick surface (you can use a non-stick spray if necessary, juts avoid flour as it will dry the dough) now, press or roll out the dough using a rolling pin to a 1 ½ inch thickness.
6- To cut out your biscuits use a round cutter. Then place the biscuits on the cookie sheet.
7-Before baking, sprinkle salt over your biscuits but don’t be generous!
8- Place the cookies sheet in the preheated oven and bake for about 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the cookie sheet when you see that your biscuits’ edges take golden brown colour.
9- It is better to serve these yummy biscuits when they are warm and freshly baked. However, if you want to store them you can do that at room temperature for no more than days.
